prangen
[ˈpʁaŋən]
The verdict
“prangen” is uncommon German (frequency #82,000 among 3,409 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,000
- frequency rank, German
- 3,409
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die eigene Pracht entfalten, Eindruck machen, prahlen
Corpus desk
Index DE-prangen · prangen · German
prangen · rank #82,000 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,000
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,409
- PHOTO-FINISH prangte
Nearest frequency peer: prangte (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „prangen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Popsongs
Popsongs
18,004 corpus weight
- potenzielles
potenzielles
18,003 corpus weight
- prangen
prangen
18,001 corpus weight
- prangte
prangte
18,000 corpus weight
- prickeln
prickeln
17,999 corpus weight
- Problemlagen
Problemlagen
17,998 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „prangen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prangen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈpʁaŋən] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #82,000 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „prangen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
prangen is uncommon German at frequency #82,000 among 3,409 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈpʁaŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die eigene Pracht entfalten, Eindruck machen, prahlen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for prangen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is prangen, spelled P-R-A-N-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1die eigene Pracht entfalten, Eindruck machen, prahlen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prangen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es war ein schöner, klarer Tag, und über den blühenden Bäumen prangte die strahlende Sonne.
„Konsequenterweise prangt vorn im Grill auch kein Seat-Zeichen, sondern besagtes indianisch-germanisches Emblem, kupferfarben wie die Felgen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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